Working with Kristi helped us to have conversations that were impossible for us to have on our own.  We were too charged and didn’t have the skills to navigate it on our own.  With Kristi’s guidance we gained the skills to listen and connect with each other so we both could feel heard and understood.

After 8 sessions with a couple’s therapist, we felt frustrated that we weren’t making any progress.  We came to Kristi because we felt we needed something more practical than analysis and talk therapy.  

We kept having the same arguments even though we’d done lots of therapy. We needed better communication tools and skills to move beyond our reactions.  Working with Kristi is very pragmatic and productive.

I understood my family of origin stuff backwards and forwards and quite frankly was tired of talking about it.   I was tired of my relationships bombing. I wanted to know how to have a loving relationship and needed the communication tools to make that happen.

Kristi is highly skilled at asking the right questions to guide you in having a difficult conversation.  One hour of coaching with Kristi was as valuable as a year of therapy.

In therapy I learned about how my past and family of origin patterns contributed to some of my challenges, but I didn’t learn how to communicate better.  I also didn’t learn how to have an internal narrative that was based in compassion vs. blame and shame.   Kristi models and teaches empathy in a way that you learn how to replace your inner negativity with self-compassion organically.